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Scots spiking victim backs forensic testing drive to bring pub drug fiends to justice

Police will spend £650,000 on extra in a bid to crack down on spiking after victims revealed huge delays.

Daily Record · May 8, 2023

New law planned to tackle ‘escalating’ use of flares at football matches

PROBLEMS with football fans setting off flares and fireworks inside football stadiums are “escalating”, a Scottish Government minister said as…

The National (Scotland) · May 3, 2023

Murderer films violent rap TikTok video with other prisoners inside HMP Shotts

Byron Cooper is one of the five inmates at the Lanarkshire jail who took part in the two-minute TikTok video, which includes violent lyrics. Cooper was jailed for life for murdering a retired Merchant Navy officer when he was 16.

Glasgow Live · Apr 24, 2023

Scottish Tories: Government must reveal when it intervened over prison transfers

The call came in the wake of double rapist Isla Bryson being housed in segregation at a female-only jail.

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

Gender reform bill ‘in no way related’ to trans prison row, Stephen Flynn says

SCOTLAND'S blocked gender reforms and the debate over where trans women should be imprisoned are “completely detached”, SNP Westminster leader…

The National (Scotland) · Jan 31, 2023

SNP leadership says gender reform Bill ‘in no way related’ to trans prison row

Stephen Flynn, SNP leader in Westminster, said the prisons debate related to a ‘very small number of people’.

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023

'No ministerial involvement' in Isla Bryson case, says Justice Secretary

MINISTERS were not aware that Isla Bryson was being sent to a women’s prison after her conviction for rape, the Scottish Parliament has been told.

The National (Scotland) · Jan 31, 2023

Sturgeon blasted for ‘refusal’ to come to Holyrood over trans prisoners row

Scottish Conservatives had been calling for the First Minister to make a statement to MSPs on the management of trans offenders.

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023

Tories call for Sturgeon statement on trans prisoners

The issue has been in the spotlight in the past week after a double rapist was sent to a segregation unit in a women-only prison.

The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2023

Trans woman guilty of raping two women remanded in female prison in Scotland

Politicians, campaigners and UN special rapporteur concerned by case of Isla Bryson, who offended before she had transitioned

The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2023